Living with a Stoma | HealthUnlocked

Hello! My husband is about to have a urostomy surgery. He is scared, of course. He is 68 and needs the urostomy because of irreparable damage from post...

I am new to the world of suprapubic catheter. As it gets colder I try to wear long pj. Now I have the issue here as it is very u comfortable here. How can I...

i had my stoma reversed 18 years ago and have slwats had the occasional pain but the ladt month it has been awful. The pain last for hours and either dull or...

Hi. I am new to this group. I have had a stoma since last November, but still having problems with the output being eratic, and having to take Imodium to calm...

I had my stoma reversed on 10/28/20 Healing took awhile since in November I was on chemo every three weeks However by late January it had healed There was...

I had an emergency surgery in January and landed up with a stoma bag. Now my husband has been diagnosed with colonic cancer and will have an operation on 17...

Hi all, I am 7 weeks post op with a ileostomy with i am slowly adjusting to (thanks to endometriosis which damaged by bowel!) Was wondering if anyone has any...

Hi within 4 weeks my 49 year old hubby took ulcerative colitis, had lifesaving removal of whole colon and now has ileostomy, mucus fistula stoma and left with...

I was wondering if anyone could answer any questions that I have. Nothing too serious just some random questions. I have been told by the surgeons that I might...

Pain when poo and pain on left ,right side of stoma constipated generally a lot and no poo for a while including weird sounds coming from stomach and even...

I am trying to help a friend who had his rectum removed about 2 1/2 years ago. He had radiation and he said chemo in pill form. I am trying to understand...

I have really got to share this, I had an emergency stoma fitted in February this year and I have had lots of trouble with the thickness because my stoma is...

I am having bad frontal headaches for a week or so and very.little sleep. The bag has spilled all over the place (mostly when I wake up) Not a lot of help at...

Hi Dogbot here I am on the liver transplant list but also the doctors are talking about a reversal for my stoma bag , now I think I will ask them to wait for...

Hi this is Dogbot 🐶here Sorry I haven’t been posting much quick background emergency ileostomy end of January I all so have cirrhosis because of bad choices...

Hi This past week during OV IV cancer debulking I was given an iliostomy My surgery was a cancer removal success “visually” HOORAY !!! and the stoma is...

Nothing to worry about. I was 63 when i had a non reversible ileostomy and done great and now 70. Take things easy for around six weeks and do as told. don't...

Hi everyone I was just wondering if anyone knows how long food takes from mouth to ileostomy bag, just roughly ?? Stay Safe All Dogbot 🐶🌈

Hi All I do hope everyone is keeping Safe in these difficult times, I’m not sure if I’m jumping the gun on this but I had my emergency surgery at the end of...

My husband is scheduled for a Colostomy on 5-08-2020. He said he is scared, I am crying because my husband is not scared of anything. He went through Chemo and...

Hi all Dogbot here In hospital blue lights and all bad pains couldn’t breathe the surgeons didn’t give much hope again but a nice man from intensive care...

Hi I would like to know an average recovery time for work having had rectum and coccyx removed this still is painful now am still on pain relief so can't...

Hi all Does anybody have any idea on if you have a reversible ileostomy how long you live with it until you can have it reversed??

bowel obstruction. Hi can we have alot of bowel constructions from the pervious operation.

Hi all I am new to all this as I had my Stoma as an emergency operation on the 12/1/20 so it has been 4 weeks and yesterday and today I have had the pressure...

My stoma was a result of having Crohn’s disease. Since my initial stoma operation I have had many more stoma related, lengthy operations. During the next few...

Hi all I am in hospital had emergency ileostomy bag fitted on the 12th now the only thing that is keeping me in is to much and to runny poo I am trying the...

Hi Dogbot here laying here in hospital at 1 o’clock in the morning with my head still getting round the fact of having a Stoma bag (this being my first week),...

I have had my colostomy since 2009 after colon rectal stage 3 cancer.since my surgery i have had a lot of pressure down deep in pelvic region.In 2012 i had a...

I have had my stoma for 5 weeks now and it's settled down nicely. I'm changing my colostomy bag twice a day and am finding that the skin on my tummy where the...